Question

Explain the importance of careful planning and the need to configure various parts of the Linux operating system as part of the installation process.

Answer 1

The importance of careful planning and the need to configure various parts of the Linux operating system as part of the installation process --

• In computers, the operating system has its own type of file system. linux is versatile operating system and it understand file system used by Windows 95 windows 98 and many others.
• The planning and need to configure various parts of the linux operating system as part of the installation process include the following --
• Partition -- First of all you need to disk partitioned into samller, separate pieces that belongs to different owners. on hard drive, the word "partition" refers to the separated space. so linux is installed "on" first partitioned.
• While installing linux, you need three partitions which is - swap, root and home.
• Swap -- You need one partitions that will be used as linux swap space. this space on your hard drive can be used as virtual memory.
• The vrtual memory allows to run complex task and large programs. you need to create 50% to 100% size of physical RAM in your system.
• root (/) -- The root file system is represented by forward slash (/). it contains everythig that you install in linux and it is on top of the directory tree. like "C" drive in your windows system.
• The size of root partition depend on your installation. reserve enough space for maximum installation, and 100MB more for temporary space
• /home -- This is third and final partition that will hold your "/home" directory. here all the user specific file and data are stored.
• It is equivalent to "my documents" folder in windows desktop. and on multi user system, each user will have their own directory under /home.